Single Leg: Hips Down or Chest to Back vs Separate and Get Behind, or Free the Leg
Mat mode
3:00
Tell the roomPut them down or get behind. Free the trapped leg or come around behind them.
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SETUP
Start connected on a single: attacker's head on the inside, hands connected around one leg.
ATTACKER (SINGLE-LEG PLAYER)
POSITION
On a single leg, head on the inside, hands connected around one of your partner's legs.
OBJECTIVE
Put them down or get behind.
CONSTRAINTS
Keep the thigh close to your chest and build with it (coach tip during the round).
WIN CONDITION
Put their hips to the mat. Or get chest to back / get behind them (hip connection behind).
DEFENDER
POSITION
Standing or grounded with your partner on a single, head inside, hands locked on your leg.
OBJECTIVE
Free the trapped leg or come around behind them.
CONSTRAINTS
None.
WIN CONDITION
Separate your leg from their connected hands and get behind them. Or stand up on the single and fully free your leg.
7 Jiujitsu, All levels class (Nogi) (free class video on the 7 Jiujitsu YouTube channel, 13 Apr 2025).
Problem
On a single leg, head on the inside, hands connected around one of your partner's legs.
Setup
On a single leg, head on the inside, hands connected around one of your partner's legs. Standing or grounded with your partner on a single, head inside, hands locked on your leg.
Score
Put their hips to the mat. Or get chest to back / get behind them (hip connection behind). Separate your leg from their connected hands and get behind them. Or stand up on the single and fully free your leg.
Rules
- Keep the thigh close to your chest and build with it (coach tip during the round).
- None.
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Single Leg: Hips Down or Chest to Back vs Separate and Get Behind, or Free the Leg
ATTACKER (SINGLE-LEG PLAYER)
Position
On a single leg, head on the inside, hands connected around one of your partner's legs.
Win condition
Put their hips to the mat. Or get chest to back / get behind them (hip connection behind).
Constraints
Keep the thigh close to your chest and build with it (coach tip during the round).
DEFENDER
Position
Standing or grounded with your partner on a single, head inside, hands locked on your leg.
Win condition
Separate your leg from their connected hands and get behind them. Or stand up on the single and fully free your leg.
Constraints
None.